SPACE COAST: PRIVATE CONVO: GREGOR

[murdergate]

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[verminous]

Careful, careful, or I'll think you missed me.

[ruffles his hair a little.]

[murdergate]

I did!

[ nuzzles cheek to cheek. can't be stopped now that he started. ]

[verminous]

You've-- been keeping an eye on Rodya, right...?

[you're her roomie you BETTER]

[murdergate]

Rodya and Yuri. You don't have to ask, but I know why you are.

[ a last clench of arms around and then he releases greg. that was refreshing. bug energy. ]

Though, ah. Yuri might have found a guy she'd prefer do the watching.

[verminous]

Oh, don't worry, I know, and if he wasn't there for her, then we're gonna have a conversation.

[murdergate]

[ whaaat! well, no, that makes sense. greg would know anything that important. cute. ]

Shu's a nice guy. We hang out sometimes. He plays it cool, but I think he's the caring type anyway.

[verminous]

Trust me, if I didn't think he was a good man, we wouldn't be talking about him like this.

[we would be talking more in terms of ah, shu, that fucker.]

...she seems happy. That's what I really care about.

[murdergate]

[ an agreement nod(d). everyone wants yuri happy. ]

What about you? Any epiphanies beyond the veil?

[verminous]

Eh? Epiphanies like what?

[murdergate]

Like how you feel about other people on the ship.

[verminous]

... probably better if we don't talk about those epiphanies...

[murdergate]

It's important to share how you're feeling. Can't keep it bottled up forever.

[ or, you know. everyone will know about it before you get a chance to figure out how to deal with anything. ]

[verminous]

Yeah, the thing is, that's occasionally the problem.

[sometimes sharing how you feel is bad actually]

[murdergate]

Greg... I cried when you died.

[ think about that ]

You should tell me what happened.

[ bc he wants to know ]

[verminous]

Wait, you... did?

[sorry he's a bit taken aback by that]

[murdergate]

[ oh yeah, gregor wouldn't have seen that since he was busy being executed at the time. ]

Well, yeah? You're Greg. I told you in the brig, I didn't want you to have to fight or have to die. And I couldn't do anything to help. Again. So, yeah, my eyes got wet. Not that big a deal, I guess.

[verminous]

...it-- feels pretty awful, not being able to do anything. I know.

[he's been through the same thing, more than one week here.]

[murdergate]

[ scratches cheek idly ]

Now I'm feeling self-conscious. Should I not have?

[verminous]

No, no, it's not like that. I just...

I guess once you get used to dying, you... stop thinking so much about how seeing that might affect anyone.

[murdergate]

[ he was aiming to wheedle gy goss out of dear greg but now it feels heavy because feelings. damn. ]

I've seen a lot of people die, but I hadn't seen you die before.

[ so. ]

[verminous]

[suffer, nodd.]

Well, it's... it's fine. We're all here now, yeah? Not going anywhere.

[murdergate]

Do... you want another hug?

[verminous]

Do you? I mean, I'm fine, but.

[if nodd needs one he can do that.]

[murdergate]

[ looks inward.

coughs up a bunch of mint ]

[verminous]

...all right, c'mere.

[get hugged idiod]